Congratulations 2022 Lammy Award Winners

On June 11, 2022, we announced the winners of the 34th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. These winners were selected by a panel of over 60 literary professionals from more than 1,300 book submissions from over 300 publishers.

In addition to the winners below, five special honors were awarded: Kalynn Bayron (Kenan Prize), Aisha Sabatini Sloan (Cordova Prize), Ching-In Chen & Morgan Thomas (Markowitz Prize) , Jobert Abueva (Samuel Prize), Vi Khi Nao & Silas House (Duggins Prize).

You can pick up any of the winning books you haven’t read on our curated list at Bookshop.org, where your purchases benefit Lambda Literary.

Lesbian Fiction

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Skye Falling
Mia McKenzie
Random House

Gay Fiction

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100 Boyfriends
Brontez Purnell
Farrar, Straus and Giroux/MCD x FSG Originals

Bisexual Fiction

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We Want What We Want
Alix Ohlin
House Anansi Press

Transgender Fiction

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Summer Fun
Jeanne Thornton
Soho Press

Bisexual Nonfiction

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Borealis
Aisha Sabatini Sloan
Coffee House Press

Transgender Nonfiction

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Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
Da’Shaun L. Harrison
North Atlantic Books

LGBTQ Nonfiction

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Let the Record Show: A Political History of Act Up New York, 1987-1993
Sarah Schulman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Lesbian Poetry Nonfiction

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Last Days
Tamiko Beyer
Alice James Books

Gay Poetry

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Punks: New and Selected Poems
John Keene
The Song Cave

Bisexual Poetry

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Gumbo Ya Ya
Aurielle Marie
University of Pittsburgh Press/Pitt Poetry Series

Transgender Poetry

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Crossbones on My Life
Mason J.
Nomadic Press

Lesbian Memoir/Biography

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The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I’ve Had): A Memoir
Sophie Santos
Topple Books

Gay Memoir/Biography

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Punch Me Up To The Gods: A Memoir
Brian Broome
Mariner Books

Lesbian Romance

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The Headmistress
Milena McKay
Self-Published

Gay Romance

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Excellent Sons: A Love Story in Three Acts
Larry Benjamin
Beaten Track Publishing

LGBTQ Anthology

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Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought
Briona Simone Jones (Editor)
The New Press

LGBTQ Children’s/Middle Grade

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Calvin
JR and Vanessa Ford
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers

LGBTQ Young Adult

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The Heartbreak Bakery
A. R. Capetta
Candlewick Press

LGBTQ Comics

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Stone Fruit
Lee Lai
Fantagraphics Books

LGBTQ Drama

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Mrs. Harrison
R. Eric Thomas
TRW Plays

LGBTQ Erotica

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Big Joe
Samuel R. Delany
Inpatient Press

LGBTQ Mystery

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The Savage Kind
John Copenhaver
Pegasus Books

LGBTQ Speculative Fiction

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No Gods, No Monsters
Cadwell Turnbull
Blackstone Publishing

LGBTQ Studies

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Vice Patrol: Cops, Courts, and the Struggle over Urban Gay Life before Stonewall
Anna Lvovsky
University of Chicago Press